a new study claims that hundreds of widely sold products from clothes and makeup to children's toys may contain harmful chemicals. geodes attack syrian army positions in the province using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives yet a simple rebranding exercise has apparently absolved them in the west. and it's revealed democrats in the us have been spending twice as much as donald trump on digital campaigning for the 2020 race to the white house despite making a show of wanting big money out of politics.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. hundreds of european companies have been flooding the e.u. market for years with items containing potentially harmful chemicals that's according to germany's largest environmental charity it's released a study warning that consumers across the e.u. could unwittingly be harming their health by using any of hundreds of popular everyday products now the most dangerous items singled out however fall under the category of industrial substances which can cause genetic defects and cancer more commonly use products noted in the study include furniture toys and clothes which its claim can put unborn children at risk while certain cosmetic and personal products are said to cost serious eye irritation and dizziness $654.00 companies were named us culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil merck hankel and bayer are on the list devinsky picks up the story. when it

comes to using hazardous chemicals at home we're told to wear gloves and to rinse immediately if your skin comes into contact with the product but according to a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers face exposure on a day basis and we don't even know about it as consumers we are kept in the dark not knowing if every day products are safe or not range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals of widely being sold to manufacturers of household goods without having being properly vetted it says some of these chemicals could cause a range of health problems from cancer to bring disorders worse still the european chemical agency we see a.j. is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug.

has stood on this problem for years we see the agency moving in the right direction by why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the top of the iceberg now it's on the e.c. to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies and many household brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals we have done and i'm a lot of work but that work i clearly and totally subscribe to is not sufficient and not enough. but we have looked at $700.00 substances up until now of those $702.00 thirds end up needing further data. but it says

that's not enough and is the morning that the e.u. and national sorties raise their game in a bid to ensure that the products we use are simply just safe to eat show that gave us a coffee having. our tea asked a number of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on the claims including a soft alchemical and henkel now replies here at your going to meyer who has an environmental n.g.o.s told us the study only scratches the surface of the problem. i think there is a big possibility that behalf knocking the coals on the market who have not sufficiently been checked we house nokia information wish chemicals we have no clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing to be can know it's safe for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to can because. apparently not sufficient they control and that is a potentially

a big danger so all the information because it must. face you can be sure no stiffness it suits fossil complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. meanwhile activists have stormed the paris h.q. of pharmaceuticals giant bayer which was mentioned in the study they staged a protest against the health and environmental dangers posed by some of the products of bears daughter company months sento the risks surrounding the monsanto we kill roundup were brought into the spotlight recently when a company or court ordered the firm to pay a record $2000000000.00 in damages that sum to a couple suffering from cancer which they successfully argued had been caused by the herbicide and back in france a court there ruled that the company was liable for the sickness of a farmer who had used a month sent to weed killer despite the ruling from santa and bayer insists that their products are safe adding that health regulators worldwide agree.

terrorist group islamic state may have been all but routed from syria but chalice are still wreaking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was the front has attacked syrian army positions in northern look province the last rebel stronghold in the country but by rebranding the extremists appear to have fooled some in the west to explains. this late in the civil war by any measure this offensive was huge he had to do that show more h.g.'s widely viewed as al-qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad ists for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks for a.p.c.'s to jihad no bills or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking

a government held town now. according to the russian come on the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than $100.00 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean you know those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed this so called return it she strikes surgical

i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refused to consider terrorists as untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners united states reiterate that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize. the region we must do we have our own view on who is destabilizing the region. both sides blame each other for this latest escalation fighting had been building up escalating for days now and as often happens in the rebels' jihad this crying foul saying ass adds gassing them we continue to see signs that the assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons the regime's attacks against the communities of northwest syria must end remarkably nowhere in their press statement does the us mention al qaida though age

c.s. denies any affiliation they were branded change their name from nusra front but that is seen as a rule to avoid the harshest scrutiny nothing has changed in their behavior still executing infidels fielding suicide bombers so imagine our surprise when we did some digging and found that the initial source of these chemical attack allegations which so concern the us initial source was h.t.s. looser front al qaida worth noting though is that the u.s. is saying they can't verify anything bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate in very vicious have sent some 152200000 people in it most of whom are already internally displaced people to move again to temporary housing and create a huge burden on our very broad humanitarian effort that we in the internet rest of

the international community are making so we're watching this very closely also the reports of chemical weapons use so far we cannot confirm it but we are watching it it's an interesting situation the u.s. europe allies spending billions infiltrating bombing fighting isis al qaida in afghanistan. in iraq and somalia louver the middle east in africa yet in syria's. biggest stronghold taking the side if in directly demanding that the syrian government leave them alone taking seriously the claims and statements about chemical weapons. remarkable terrorism specialist jennifer bream's those damascus should go on the offensive and it. is not going to be possible to to fight terrorism without going to the terrorist strongholds and that's absolutely necessary we're talking about

a group h.t.s. which is an offshoot of el ninos are linked to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any such use of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that on his or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. indonesia's newly reelected president has warned he will not tolerate further deadly unrest which erupted in the wake of his disputed victory on tuesday 6 people were killed and hundreds injured in the violence which spilled over into rioting on wednesday night. i

think i was i think i. was sick of was sick i think i think the u.s. embassy in jakarta issued a safety alert to its citizens to avoid the protests these broke out shortly after the central election committee confirmed the victory of current president traveled with several 1000 supporters of his opponent retired military general prob sabean not took to the streets authorities used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters who were armed with rocks and molotov cocktails the opposition leader

claims there was widespread cheating and is going to challenge the result counterterrorism specialist in your garage says radical islamists are infiltrating political groups in indonesia to propagate their radical ideas. the situation now we are getting a little bit here is due to the fact that political islam has been evolving fast in the southeast asian countries especially in indonesia so we see extreme ase and radicals to gaining popularity in political parties all position parties such as what from i remember in the major radical islam we do well there's extreme groups up penetrating political parties now and in the political limelight where we can actually probably see and propagate the ideology to believe all of the political needs in these countries. and the report reveals that

since january u.s. democrats have splashed twice the cash donald trump has on internet ads yet at the same time they are making a big song and dance about rejecting big bucks from obvious when it comes to funding their 2020 presidential campaigns. from left wingers like bernie sanders to centrists like joe biden and kemal harris democrats are expressing a unified message of discussed about money and politics i mean i sat with bernie i'm the guy that told them you should accept any money from a super pac because people can't possibly trust you how are middle class guy except if you except so i've actually made a decision since i had that conversation then i'm not going to accept corporate pac checks and i think most americans actually agree that we need to get money out of politics pete boogy has promised to give back the money he received from corporations kemal harris has made similar statements but here's the thing perhaps

they don't get direct funding from corporations but they have a cozy relationship with super pacs those are political action committees that are not legally required to disclose their donors let's not forget joe biden's wisdom from a few years back lobbyist are bad people special interest groups are not bad people but guess what they're corrosive. people who accept money from them or bad people but it's human nature well it may not be being broadcast on prime time television but many top democrats have a very close relationship with big financial interests take amala harris for example she has a super pac of her own that is very close with the bank known as citigroup and get tamlyn the banks managing director even hosted a fundraiser for camilla harris at his apartment as a gesture of friendship kamali even shook hands with his dog pete booed as she she has been hanging out with charles meyer the wall street banking exactly 2 of them

have been munching on deli sandwiches kirsten gillibrand seems to be particularly close to big pharma she's already had a fundraiser at the home of a pfizer exec and at this point mark last 3 the wall street money manager is boasting that he's already met with 10 different democratic candidates at the end of the day candidates need money. the past there was no candidates who didn't come to new york chicago l.a. for money today there are 2 candidates who aren't doing that elizabeth warren and bernie some does yes when the cameras are rolling the democrats want to fight against wall street and stand up for that forgotten american middle class however behind closed doors they want to get particularly cozy with the big daddies of american finance capital and in the age of social media that's a lot harder to conceal well this goes to show you yet again the breathtaking incoherence of the democratic message keep in mind that many of these quote many if not all are very very wealthy and when you hear people who decry you rail against

big money and we're finding out how they're tapping into silicon valley wall street banks the big money that did the big money people it goes to show you that they are just like everybody else i'm just a just a lovable progressive liberal trying to get by with a paucity of funds and end if you can help me as we as we fight corporate industrial breed while behind the scenes on the phone say the same thing you can kill him with you 1xw5w and 20000000 help me anybody else take your money they're no better or no worse than anybody else to politicians coming up counting is underway in the world's largest election the details on that after the break.

financial survival guide i don't buy any i'm on a few. things. almost friday as of last summer financial the future tracker was kaiser. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the pope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to signal from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to go.

by the way ways of that slide here. welcome back to the program the indian prime minister has declared victory and the country's general election counting is still underway but exit polls indicate he is on course for a landslide victory the election is the world's biggest with the largest turnout in indian history. looks at why his rival looked at the candidate of the elite has failed to make inroads. an election in a country that is home to at least $1300000000.00 people takes a while certainly after more than a month it's finally done and dusted and here is an exit poll and this

political bloc is the team behind the man who's already been charge of india for 5 years and the right to draw modi but despite that is still seen as someone who was up against the good old elite maybe that's still the root of his popularity how to look at this simple guy modi as a child the prime minister helped his dad sell tea at a railway station ever heard of the caste system in india well his was officially classed as backwards there was even a t.v. show called the journey of the common man showing his tough life path.

now let's compare that to opposition leader who gandhi's bag around his father was a prime minister preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of. modern india and what matter the ukase super the cambridge university how's that for a contrast along gandhi's not seen as a serious challenger to mr not in the mold because dynasty is not it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast that dynasty off . gandhi who let's see is that the prime minister not in the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is all in all go back what the cost will be see so given the fact that

there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on cross you know that dynasty of congress on the lead for the last almost 70 years he just completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did claire independent from the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. they don't give

people what. to do very good me talking about the people will of. taking a gun they are going to go and. but he main task is to bring into the politics of our country a completely new people fresh decent people who actually can. appreciate it because one. i didn't do the day on the stand. for example is also america's articulation saw. jump is not ordinary. against americans.

is of course that he is in his own way but i think he arctic you need to listen to . this and see this competing against it it didn't seem to be coming from the stuff so it was easier for him says that the steps that although he. was on. the beat but he was the washington stuff what if government hopefuls will begin misplacing their background stressed like some do with parts of their tax returns. american infrastructure projects are in limbo after president donald trump pulled the plug on funding talks with democrats that decision was apparently prompted by a spat with house speaker nancy pelosi who accused him of a cover up. with me then no one is above the law including the president of the united states and we believe that the president the united states is engaged in a cover up i do cover ups your people know that probably better than anybody and i

told. senator schumer speaker pelosi i want to do infrastructure i want to do it more than you want to do it but you know what you can't do it under these circumstances. u.s. federal infrastructure investment refers to the funds earmarked for the construction renovation and maintenance of highways water utilities railways and aviation among other key sectors and as politicians in d.c. keep on bickering the country's infrastructure is said to be falling into disrepair the american society of civil engineers warned about this back in 2017 civil engineer told us if a deal is not struck it will affect every american. i mean port in delhi for instance you cannot even compare it to. the most updated and most new worse. they ports in asia and the middle east in turkey for instance

or dubai. these reports of been there for for many many decades and that will be used the same thing applies to the bridges simply applies to roads. dams. just name it so all of them are in desperate need. of huge investment. of if i'm not mistaken over 4 and a half trillion dollars needs to be spent on america's infrastructure by 2025 if the deal is not the straw it will be the american citizens of who will suffer most it will be the aviation sector the tourism. you know transportation sector and it's a change that will affect everyone. that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always have to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all the stories and many more. we've

soaring in here a week and a flag money no money with flags on it or a larger than a token paid or royal person good day. this is a story about what happens after a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida. the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery in meaning messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not. a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in court. sean sean as far as i reveal that we don't know.

and to the one we. still don't know children. this is boom broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance an impact upon us all and washington and i'm the i hears us on deck today as the world his superpowers continue to exchange trade blows it may not all be bad news for some nations professor richard wolf joins us to break down how some neighbors on china's doorstep are capitalizing on the trade turmoil and finally

boeing is back under fire again this time from beyond america's borders from china to europe or to correspondent alex mann little bitch gives us an aerial view of boeing's turbulent situation all of that is directly ahead but 1st we have some headlines let's go. huawei continues to make headlines today as the u.k. mobile carrier has. dropped huawei devices from their 5 g. networks both carriers worth that to include wa wait but given the u.s. is government ban while ways future looks on certain while way runs on android outside of china but the ban prevents that from buying u.s. goods including the crucial android license this throws how future of software. updates will work and whether it will have access to the google app store into question both carriers refuse to launch the product until they can assure customers of long term usability holloway is not without options in spite of the ban as the 2nd largest phone maker in the world qualities sheer size could create the one true

competitor to us and drive as amazon had previously demonstrated with kendall building an android work devoid of google is entirely possible and with its millions of loyal fans all over the world holway may realize that google isn't essential or even sun troll to the android experience on their phone. sure isn't qualcomm have been severely depressed following news they cannot do business with wally one of its biggest customers today the stock out hammered again as u.s. district judge lucy cove ruled that qualcomm used on lawful anti-competitive practices to license patents for modems use in mobile phones the lawsuit was filed in 2017 by the us federal trade commission mirroring similar antitrust claims made by apple apple and qualcomm reached a surprise settlement last month.